Trafficking resources

This case studies booklet shares stories of trafficked individuals. The stories have been adapted from real client referrals to ACT Alberta. This resource seeks to assist in creating a more accurate understanding of the realities of human trafficking in Alberta.

Project imPACT is part of PACT-Ottawa's human trafficking prevention initiative. This project aims to prevent and reduce trafficking of women and girls in Ottawa through community planning.
The Project imPACT Film Program brought together youth to produce short films raising awareness of human trafficking for sexual exploitation in Ottawa. The documentary describes the program's intention and impact and includes the three youth-made films. The youth chose to focus their films on recruitment, victim statements and public misinformation.

The I Am Not 4 Sale website and the application available for download for smart phones are part of a Community Partnership seeking to encourage change for sexually exploited children, youth, females and males of all ages. The I Am Not 4 Sale App looks to provide individuals with the ability to ask questions, seek guidance, learn about and utilize supports and services while remaining confidential and unidentified at a click of a button. The application provides access to immediate 24 hour resources with confidential, non-judgemental supports.

The directory offers a list of programs that may be useful to individuals facing sexual and labour exploitation. A list of resources is categorized according to different stages of response: 1) urgency; 2) short and medium term (stabilization period); 3) long-term support to facilitate rehabilitation and reintegration.
The directory also includes some guiding information on trafficking and criteria to assist in the identification of potential trafficked persons. It also lists a number of training programs touching on different aspects of trafficking.

This report by the Polaris Project looks at the experiences of temporary workers in the United States and analyzes the visas that are most commonly associated with labour exploitation and human trafficking based on the cases identified by Polaris through operating the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) hotline and the BeFree Textline. The report identifies the conditions facilitating exploitation and the barriers to assistance faced by exploited and trafficked workers.

The goal of this Toolkit is to support communities to take action at the local level to raise
awareness and prevent human trafficking. This toolkit is for communities to use to take action to combat human trafficking at the local level. The information is provided in clear language so any community member can use it to begin to address this issue. For example, the Toolkit could be used by anyone who wants to take action in their community, including concerned citizens, NGOs, social service providers, health care professionals, law enforcement, municipal government representatives, schools, First Nations bands and councils, and members of the general public. It provides practical information and specific examples of how B.C. communities are addressing this issue, including community action stories.

This is the final report of the project "Engaging Community: Addressing Sex Trafficking in Edmonton.” This collaborative project was led by a Core Group of organizations in Edmonton and was carried out for a period of two and a half years to create a Community Action Plan to reduce and prevent sex trafficking in Edmonton. The project is the first of its kind in the city and is one of three across the country.

This handbook primarily aims to provide information on sexual exploitation and sex trafficking to Aboriginal women who are either at risk of sexual exploitation, or who consider that they are being sexually exploited. It also seeks to provide front-line workers who work with exploited Aboriginal women and girls an overview of best practices so as to better support them.

This report, published by CATHII in collaboration with the McGill School of Social Work, features the results of Canada-wide research on issues concerning the coordination of responses to trafficking in persons across the country. The report examines existing practices in providing assistance to and protecting trafficked persons across Canada. It also explores possible areas of action to support front-line workers in their responses, to facilitate consultation and cooperation between front-line workers, and to facilitate access to services that adequately respond to the specific needs of trafficked persons.

This resource provides recommendations to service providers and criminal justice professionals to better equip them to provide the specialized services and resources needed by LGBTQ trafficking victims and survivors. This resource includes a report and a webinar summarizing the report, providing best practices for service providers serving the LGBTQ community.

This summary document details a brief overview of the components of the project "Engaging Community: Addressing Sex Trafficking in Edmonton.” This collaborative project was led by a Core Group of organizations in Edmonton and was carried out for a period of two and a half years to create a Community Action Plan to reduce and prevent sex trafficking in Edmonton. More information about the project is available at: http://www.actalberta.org/projects.

This research combines quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis of in-person case study interviews to better understand the incidence of human trafficking in Ontario, the needs of human trafficking victims within Ontario, and the challenges that exist for organizations providing services to these victims.
The objectives of this report are to:
• Support those advocating for funding and government commitment across Ontario for victim identification, interception, support and rehabilitation – the full spectrum of services;
• Inform training for the different sectors (non-profit, government, law enforcement ect.) involved;
• Act as an education, prevention and awareness tool for the general public; and
• Inform policy developments, academic research, capacity building programs, projects, and events, including conference topics and workshops in Ontario.

Report by the National Task Force on Sex Trafficking of Women and Girls in Canada, commissioned by the Canadian Women’s Foundation (CWF). The Task Force was launched in 2012 by the CWF in an effort to develop a long-term strategy to address sex trafficking in Canada. The report details the Task Force's findings as well as the recommendations for developing a long-term strategy. The CWF produced a 5-year strategy to address sex trafficking in Canada based on the results of the Task Force. To read more about the strategy, please consult: http://bit.ly/1xqPr96.

Poster about domestic servitude as a form of human trafficking called, “Do you Feel Trapped” is now available in 5 languages.
Copies of the poster can be ordered at: http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/victimservices/shareddocs/pubs/publication-order-form.pdf
Help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for victims of human trafficking by calling 1-888-712-7974 (interpretation is provided).

The WSN’s Preventing and Reducing the Trafficking of Women and Girls through Community Planning in York Region Project and the York Region Anti-Human Trafficking Committee (YRAHTC) worked in collaboration throughout 2013 to collect information on the local experiences of trafficked and at-risk populations of women in York Region.
The purpose of this data collection was to inform priority action items and a community plan for 2014 to prevent and reduce human trafficking in the region. WSN’s Local Safety Audit Report outlines the Project’s local diagnosis that will inform YRAHTC’s next steps at the local level.

The UNODC Global Report 2014 is the second of its kind mandated by the General Assembly. It covers 128 countries and provides an overview of patterns and flows of trafficking in persons at global, regional and national levels, based on trafficking cases detected between 2010 and 2012 (or more recent). The Global Report 2014 highlights the role of organized crime in trafficking in persons, and includes an analytical chapter on how traffickers operate. The worldwide response to trafficking in persons is also a focus of this edition of the Global Report. The Country Profiles of the Global Report present a national level analysis for each of the 128 countries covered by this edition of the report.

A 1-hour online learning module developed by Fraser Health Forensic Nurse Examiners. The module is designed to better aid emergency health care professionals to identify and provide assistance to potential victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation who present in a hospital Emergency Department. Two versions are available for: 1) Fraser Health staff and other B.C. health care providers, and 2) the general public and non-B.C. health care providers.
The training method, which includes an introductory video on human trafficking and interactive case studies, is based on the "c.a.r.e" acronym (CONSIDER - the red flags, ASSESS - the health care environment, the patient and the health care provider, RESPOND - initiate a referral to Forensic Nursing Service, EVALUATE - the response). This acronym is based on a trauma informed approach to care and guides the health care provider through the steps of identification and response.

A clearinghouse for public legal information, tools and resources to prevent and combat labour exploitation and other forms of human trafficking of Live-in Caregivers. This webpage is for Live-in Caregivers, their friends and networks of support in their communities. Educate and inform yourself and others about the prevention and support available in cases of labour exploitation and other forms of human trafficking. The Clearinghouse is part of WCDWA's "Public Legal Education and Information (PLEI) on Human Trafficking" Project for Live-in Caregivers in British Columbia, which has been delivering free interactive, participatory, and community-centered workshops and mobile clinics to numerous communities throughout British Columbia.

The study investigates the root factors driving forced labour, of which a major one is illegal profits. It is based on primary data indicating a correlation between forced labour and poverty. The report further offers a new ILO estimate of the profits generated through the use of forced labour in various economic sectors, as well as in commercial sexual exploitation. Figures breakdown profits by area of forced labour and by region.

This document, Creating An Anti-Human Trafficking Plan for York Region, details Stage 3 of the preceding Local Safety Audit: Developing A Community Action Plan. It outlines: A summary of the Project’s community-based consultations; identified priorities that resulted from the consultations; and developing the Action Plan:
- Identifying priorities and opportunities resulting from the consultations
- The development of local planning to operationalize the Priorities in York Region –
that is, YRAHTC’s next steps at the local level.

This report builds on a previous report, "Access To Justice For Migrant Workers In BC" published in 2013 by the West Coast Domestic Workers' Association, by focusing on labour trafficking and how the conditions and systems described in the 2013 report create environments of vulnerability that enable trafficking and trafficking-like situations to occur. This report aims to be a resource for WCDWA, other migrant workers’ advocacy groups and organizations, and policy makers in their efforts to protect migrant workers’ rights in BC. It also will contribute to the larger debate that recognizes the urgent need for systemic solutions that involve reforming legislative frameworks, committing more resources to supporting survivors of trafficking, investing in training front line responders on how to handle labour trafficking cases, and reforming labour and immigration policies that create employer-employee power imbalances and can lead to environments where labour trafficking can occur.

In September 2012, the South Asian Women’s Centre launched the Human Trafficking Guide and
Toolkit which was titled R.I.G.H.T.S.F.M. The resource guide was updated in 2014 and is meant to serve as a guide for front-line workers and other stakeholders assisting clients facing these issues. Accompanying the original Resource Guide was also a Survivors Guide and brochures in five South Asian languages to help victims/survivors identify and seek support from the list of resources provided. This Guide is intended to assist service providers in helping South Asian survivors of domestic violence through the means of forced marriage and human trafficking. It is meant to be used as a supplement to existing literature on forced marriage and human trafficking. This guide is aimed at helping service providers understand the intricacies around forced marriage and human trafficking in the South Asian context.

The OAS’s Inter-American Commission on Human Rights released a report in December 2014 detailing the results and recommendations of an in-depth investigation carried out in 2013 on missing and murdered Aboriginal women in British Columbia.
The report analyzes the situation of missing and murdered Aboriginal women as part of a broader pattern of violence and discrimination against Aboriginal women across Canada. While the Commission acknowledges the Canadian government’s efforts to discuss this situation, it also urges it to build on the IACHR’s investigation to diligently pursue unsolved cases and to improve the implementation of policies, services and overall initiatives addressing the issue. It suggests that it do so through better coordination throughout different levels of government and in constant consultation with Aboriginal women. Among its recommendations, the commission advices the government to launch a national action plan or nation-wide inquiry into the issue.